Exclusive: Millionaire arrested after 'saucy antics' in top hotel's restaurant

A MILLIONAIRE was frogmarched out of Gleneagles by police after an alleged saucy clinch with his girlfriend in front of fellow diners.

A MILLIONAIRE was frogmarched out of Gleneagles by police after an alleged saucy clinch with his girlfriend in front of fellow diners.

Philip Anderson, 49, and Fiona Males, 39, were ordered out of plush Deseo restaurant at the five-star resort after police were called.

The couple had been drinking in the tapas restaurant on December 6 when their behaviour caused offence to fellow diners.

When the restaurant manager was informed, they were moved to another table.

Police were called in after Anderson, a former top lawyer who runs a property business, allegedly became aggressive towards the people who complained.

The couple were subsequently arrested and taken to Perth police station for questioning.

Property tycoon Anderson, who lives in a £1million home in Beacon Croft, Bridge of Allan, near Stirling, and divorcee Males, who lives nearby, were charged with breach of the peace and resisting arrest.

They were also charged with refusing to leave Gleneagles and they are scheduled to appear at Perth Sheriff Court on Hogmanay.

Anderson is a former senior property lawyer with prestigious legal firm Dickson Minto.

He left to form his own company Granite Edge, who were voted the most up and coming business of 2006 in the Scottish Property Awards.

The firm handled millions of pounds worth of property deals and Anderson is estimated to be worth more than £5million.

He now works for himself after splitting with Granite Edge soon after the award was presented.

Father-of-four Anderson is estranged from second wife Elaine, who lives on the same street as him in Bridge of Allan.

A police spokeswoman said: "We were called to Gleneagles at 11.20pm on December 6 following a report of a disturbance.

"A 49-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman were arrested and they have been released with an undertaking to appear at Perth Sheriff Court on December 31.

"They have been charged with a breach of the peace and resisting arrest and refusing to quit the hotel."

A Crown Office spokesman said: "We have been in consultation with the police in relation to this matter. A man has been released on a police undertaking and a report is to be submitted to the procurator fiscal."

A spokeswoman for Gleneagles confirmed that an incident had taken place.

She said: "Owing to the ongoing police inquiry, we are not able to say any more at this stage."

Last night, Anderson refused to discuss the allegations when the Record contacted him at his home.

Gleneagles has been the scene of a number of disturbances in the past.

Last year, millionaire Graham Gillespie, 50, punched James Young at the luxury venue during a drinking session with former Rangers boss Graeme Souness.

Property and mining tycoon Gillespie was banned from the Perthshire hotel for 12 months.

He was fined just £1000 and ordered to pay his victim £300 compensation, despite the fact it was his third conviction for assault.

Troubled soccer star Paul Gascoigne staged his most shocking display of violence at the hotel after taking wife Sheryl there for a romantic break in 1996.

The former Rangers player beat her up in a drink-fuelled rage at the hotel, leaving her with a black eye and dislocated fingers. They divorced in 1999.